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nonlegislative

nonlegislative

6.3
Not related to making or passing laws
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒnˈlɛdʒɪslətɪv/
translation icon : no legislativo
  • Talbert, Jeffrey C., Bryan D. Jones, and Frank R. Baumgartner. 1995. "Nonlegislative Hearings and Policy Change in Congress." American Journal of Political Science 39: 383-405.

Examples

  • Furthermore, a number of nonlegislative administrative agreements were reached.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Many policies were discussed in a nonlegislative context at the meeting yesterday.

  • The committee submitted a nonlegislative proposal to improve community services.

  • The president issued a nonlegislative directive to address the issue immediately.

Antonyms

legislative
  • Formal
298 6.7

About making laws or the group that makes them

How Legislative

legislative
  • Formal
298 6.7
nonlegislative
6.3

Surface Forms

nonlegislative positive

Morphology

nonlegislative = legislative (transparent) = non + legislate + ive

The productive negative prefix 'non-' straightforwardly negates the adjective 'legislative', yielding 'not legislative'.

Etymology

Nonlegislative breaks into non- meaning 'not' and legislative meaning 'about making laws', and it connects to words you know like legal and legislate. So nonlegislative describes actions or duties that are 'not about making laws', such as community events or public outreach.